Forging partnerships with trade associations and chambers to transform the industry. The Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association for instance, has already set out a three-year plan to review its charter and expand its resources to better support the industry.

Upskilling workers

The Skills Framework identified 29 job roles along or across two career pathways – the technical and engineering track, and the management track. It listed 58 skills and competencies required, including emerging areas of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, data analytics, robotics and automation.

The Electronics Engineer and Electronics Assistant Engineer Professional Conversion Programmes (PCPs) were added to the four PCPs rolled out in 2016 to reskill PMETs for the Wafer Fabrication and Assembly and Test sectors.